a16z has published the sixth edition of its Consumer AI Top 100 ranking, which measures website and mobile app usage using monthly unique visits and monthly active users. The latest list introduces a key change by including AI-powered products in addition to native AI tools. This adjustment brings established platforms such as CapCut, Canva, Notion, Freepik, Picsart, and Grammarly into the rankings, with three of the top 15 web products now falling into the non native category.
ChatGPT maintains its dominant position, showing usage 2.7 times higher than Gemini on the web and 28 times higher than Claude. At the same time, Gemini, Grok, and Claude continue to gain share, especially among paid subscribers. Analysis of overlapping connectors reveals limited competition between platforms, with ChatGPT focusing more on consumer lifestyle areas and Claude emphasising specialised work tools.
A new per capita AI adoption index highlights surprising geographic patterns. Singapore leads the rankings, followed by the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, while the United States places 20th. The data also shows the market dividing into separate ecosystems, including Western tools, Chinese platforms such as Doubao and Kimi, and Russian services like Yandex and GigaChat.
Creative tools have consolidated significantly, with image generation and video categories shrinking as leading providers raised quality standards. Emerging horizontal agents and AI-enhanced browsers signal the next phase of integration. Overall, the list demonstrates rapid evolution in consumer AI and the need for updated measurement approaches as desktop usage grows.
